Hi folks,

In a previous thread[0] surveying ACME implementations two commercial CAs
(BuyPass and DigiCert) outlined that their ACME integrations use external
account binding but **not** the Out-of-Band (OOB) challenge type.

As Clint from DigiCert points out[1] having a binding with an external
account enables access to the full context of any non-ACME
authorizations/challenges the CA requires through existing systems.

Overall, the OOB challenge type:
* has no server implementations
* has no client implementations
* has no dependent use-cases presented to the WG
* offers a subset of what external account binding already offers

Removing it from the draft seems like a sensible decision to me. If there
is demand (& accompanying client/server implementations) the challenge type
could easily be re-added in a follow-up work.

- Daniel / cpu

[0] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/acme/oFPXvSnocJZorYiR8Tj6cYbA_wY
[1] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/acme/COZ3xDpBTTvgmbbEc8fLDnu0Onw
[2] https://github.com/ietf-wg-acme/acme/pull/360
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